Whitehorse Basin cutthroat trout
| Whitehorse Basin cutthroat trout | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Salmoniformes |
| Family: | Salmonidae |
| Genus: | Oncorhynchus |
| Species: | Oncorhynchus clarkii |
Main article: Cutthroat trout
The Whitehorse Basin cutthroat trout refers to a population segment of the cutthroat trout complex (Oncorhynchus clarkii) from the streams of the Whitehorse Basin (or the Coyote Basin[1]), southeastern Oregon. It is alternatively considered as a part of the Lahontan cutthroat trout subspecies (Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi),[2][3] or of the Humboldt cutthroat trout (O. c. humboldtensis) whose main range is in Nevada.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Oregon Native Fish Status Report – Volume II (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ U.S. Department of the Interior. Oregon Wilderness: Environmental Impact Statement. 4. Bureau of Land Management.
- ↑ Species Fact Sheet: Lahontan cutthroat trout, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- ↑ Patrick C. Trotter and Robert J. Behnke (2008) The Case for Humboldtensis: A Subspecies Name for the Indigenous Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) of the Humboldt River, Upper Quinn River, and Coyote Basin Drainages, Nevada and Oregon Western North American Naturalist, 68(1):58-65.
Further reading
- Trotter, Patrick C. (2008). Cutthroat: Native Trout of the West (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25458-9.
Cutthroat trout subspecies and forms | ||
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| Pacific Coast |  | |
| Great Basin | ||
| Northern Rockies | ||
| Southern Rockies | ||
 Media related to Oncorhynchus clarkii at Wikimedia Commons | ||
Trout and char of the world | ||
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| Trout of Europe and Atlantic basin Salmo |    | |
| Trout of the Pacific basin Oncorhynchus | ||
| True char Salvelinus | ||
| Media related to Trout at Wikimedia Commons | ||
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